Non-ablative Lasers: Regaining That Youthful Glow is Only a Light Beam Away

In the past, techniques for improving aging skin required invasive laser or surgical procedures which produce open wounds and require long recovery times.

Today, men and women can choose from a variety of non-ablative laser procedures designed to reverse, improve or erase the early signs of aging, take very little time to perform and have a minimal, if any, recovery period.

Non-ablative lasers heat a layer of tissue under the skin’s surface without damaging the top layer of the skin, therefore producing no visible wound.

By emitting a beam of light that is absorbed by the water in skin cells, these high-energy lasers can improve superficial and moderately deep wrinkles, such as those on the upper lip, the crow’s feet around the eyes, as well as the shallow wrinkles, on the cheeks and forehead.

These treatments result in a microscopic wound healing response, which promotes new collagen formation.

The production of a new layer of collagen leads to improved skin tone and texture, and a decrease in wrinkles and scars.

This procedure is known as laser toning.

Non-ablative laser rejuvenation generally takes 10 to 15 minutes, and may be proceeded by a 30-minute application of a topical anesthetic cream.

Following laser toning procedures, the skin may appear red and blotchy for a period of several hours.

Since there are no visible wounds to the skin, make-up may be applied immediately after treatment.

The results from these laser treatments generally last six months.

A series of treatments may be safely performed from time to time to maintain the outcome of the procedure.

The advantage these laser rejuvenation treatments have over other skin rejuvenation procedures is that these enable the improvement of a variety of changes in skin texture and color in just a few visits with little to no downtime.

Further, these laser techniques do not damage the skin’s natural pigmentation and almost any skin type or ethnic skin type can be safely treated with non-ablative laser therapy.

Ideal candidates for such laser therapy include younger patients with acne scars or early signs of wrinkling and sun damage, as well as patients with more extensive sun damage and skin aging, who have undergone other invasive laser or surgical procedures.

In these older patients, laser toning is used to improve the skin texture and color and return the skin to its youthful appearance.

These newer non-ablative laser toning procedures are ideally suited for today’s busy world.

They provide a simple means of improving or reversing skin aging in a series of brief office visits, with minimal recovery time.

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